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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "kenneth williams" <kenwf1@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: kenjuliet010@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 03:24:02 +0000
Subject: From Kenneth Williams
>From Kenneth Williams
Private and Confidential
Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire.
Dear Guardian,
WITH THE BEST COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY, I wish to solicit your help in
migrating to your country, My name is Kenneth Williams and my junior sister
Juliet, we are the children of Late General Alexander Williams the former
Director of military intelligence and special acting General Manager of the
Sierra Leone Diamond mining operation(SLDMC ). I am contacting you to seek
your good assistance to transfer and invest USD18million belonging to my
late father which is deposited in a bank in Abidjan. This money is revenues
from solid minerals and diamonds sale which were under my fathers
possession before the civil war broke out.
Following the brake out of the war, almost all government offices,
cooperation's and prostates were attacked and vandalized. The SLDMC was
looted and burnt down to ashes, and diamonds worth millions of dollars was
stolen by the rebel military forces who attacked my fathers office. Many top
government officials and senior army officers were assassinated and my
father was a key target because of his very sensitive military position and
appointment in the SLDMC. Regrettably, my father was captured and murdered
along with half brother in cool blood during a mid-night rebel shoot-out
when our official residence in Freetown was ambushed by Fordey Sanko the
notorious rebel leader. My mother sustained very sever bullet injuries which
resulted to her untimely and painful death in a private hospital here in
Ivory Coast.
Now we are alone in a totally strange country without parents, relatives or
any body to care for us at our tender ages. Before our mother died, she told
us that our father deposited some money which he made from diamond sales and
contracts at this bank here in Ivory Coast and that we should pray and find
a trustworthy foreign business partner who would help us to transfer and
invest this money in profitable business venture overseas. She told us to do
this quickly so that we can leave Ivory Coast with our cousin brother-Arthur
who is here in the camp with us and, then settle down abroad. She gave us
all the bank documents to prove the deposit and then told us that my father
used my name as the only son to deposit the money in the bank. She told us
that this is the reason why we came to Ivory Coast. My mother died
afterwards. May her spirit rest in perfect peace.
I have gone to the bank to make inquires about this money and I spoke with
the director of International remittance who assured me that the everything
is intact and promised to help me transfer this money to my foreign partners
bank account as soon as I provide my partners foreign bank account for them.
However, the director is very concerned because of my age, I am 21 years and
as such promised to help me and he would like to speak with my partner to
ensure that this money is invested wisely in only profitable business
because of his personal interest and sympathy for me.
Please note that I can only offer you 25% of the total money as compensation
for your noble assistance in accordance with my mothers advise. I am
interested in any profitable commercial venture which you consider very good
in your country and you would also get a school for me, my little sister and
cousin so that we can finish our college education. I shall give you more
details when I receive your urgent response. Thanks, and God bless you, give
you the wisdom to carry out this great deal. Awaiting anxiously to hear from
you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction.
I await your immediate response.
Yours sincerely.
Kenneth & Juliet Williams
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